Bright StarOverview and Synopsis

  • Bright Star
  • Opened September 18, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 59 min.
  • PG
    brief language, thematic elements, some sensuality and incidental smoking
  • London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair started at odds; he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by Read More
  • Cast: Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Kerry Fox, Paul Schneider, Edie Martin
  • Director: Jane Campion
  • Genres: Romantic Drama, Period Film, Romance

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  • Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne and Ben Whishaw as John Keats in Jane Campion's "Bright Star"
  • Ben Whishaw as John Keats and Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne in "Bright Star."
  • Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne with Edie Martin as her sister Toots in Jane Campion's "Bright Star."

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  • Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw at the New York premiere of "Bright Star."
  • Ben Whishaw at the New York premiere of "Bright Star."
  • Ben Whishaw at the New York premiere of "Bright Star."

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  • Bright Star
    by bcurd

    A little long, but not really slow-moving. Exceptional music and the cinematography; solid performances by the leads and supporting cast. I "chick-flick" fare, but my husband, the sci fi and...Read More

  • Masterpiece Theater on the big screen
    by PECurls

    I enjoy period films and Masterpiece Theater so I (mostly) liked Bright Star. Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw were quite good as the young ingenue who falls for the starving poet but I didn't find...Read More

  • bright star
    by birdnals

    worth seeing...Read More

  • Bright Star
    by bkamel

    Beautifully rendered! Most frames look like paintings....Read More

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Bright Star Critic Reviews

  • "Bright Star satisfies a hunger we may not have known we had, a hunger for an exquisitely done, emotional love story that marries heartbreaking passion to formidable filmmaking restraint..." Los Angeles Times

    - Kenneth Turan

  • "...as a transcendent romance, it doesn't fully deliver, coming across as restrained and detached, rather than captivating." USA Today

    - Claudia Puig

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